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Loek Van Wely vs Peter Acs
"Sharp Acs" (game of the day Nov-22-08)
Essent Crown 2002  ·  Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Bishop Attack Classical Defense (E48)  ·  0-1


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Sep-28-05   Chessmaster9001: azaris, anyway its best practical chance and also white shouldnt exchange the queens, they can simply begin attack on the kingside with 25. Bxg5
Sep-30-05   azaris: <Chessmaster9001> 25...dxe4 and it's White who gets attacked.
Jun-15-06
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  KingG: Brilliant attack. It's worth remembering as well, as this type of position is fairly common.
Oct-23-06
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  chancho: Yes, a most impressive attack.
Mar-07-07   Skylark: As a nimzo player from the white side of the board, I never play cxd5 before it is necessary.. rather than that, I would play 5. Nf3 followed by O-O and then depending on what black plays, Qc2. If black refuses to trade his bishop for my knight, he will probably end up on the bad side of an isolated pawn position.

In any case, this is a very nice combination by Acs. The coup, ... Bxg3!! is a very pleasing way to finish a game I think :)

Apr-11-07   Zorts: It seems white's biggest mistakes were 7.Nge2 and 9.a3, eh?
Nov-22-08
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  just a kid: What about sharp tact acs?
Nov-22-08   Alphastar: "and my acs!"

or

"bring your pretty face to my acs!"

Nov-22-08
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  Richard Taylor: Someone showed me the start of this combo (Nh2 Nf6+ etc) from a book (at our chess club) and I found most of the main moves almost immediately except I missed Bf5+ (the idea is typical but very beautiful) although I was looking at it - I only glanced at the position for a few minutes though...

I didn't know who the players were - quite a dramatic game for Peter Acs!

Nov-22-08
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  Richard Taylor: <Alchemist: I just thought that I would dig this one up to make sure that more people got a chance to bask in the effective uses of KEEPING the bishop pair in the Nimzo.

Blockading is all well and good for grandmasters but look at those beautiful diagonals ppl!

This mating pattern looks adaptable to other variations provided the rook threat. If there are any other positional neccessities that i've failed to mention plz point them out. I'm new to learning the details of planning for sacrifice play, but the knight sacrifices i've seen in the nimzo variations are incredible.

If I might branch into book theory of which i am quite green, I don't really think that there's any point in trading off the bishop once you've broken the tension in the center. The idea behind this opening was to avoid the hypermodern lines and cripple e4. After white begins his development, (i.e e3 etc), and the central tension is broken, would i be correct in saying that the bishop has done it's job on b4?

Certainly with lines such as these at our disposal shouldn't we consider hold onto the bishop pair in nimzo indian variations even if it costs us material?

I'm not sure on the positional analysis and overall score after taking control of the diagonals in different variation, but certainly it provides adequate compensation?

Am I wrong? Is it just not so simple as it seems? >

This is basically right - I play the Nimzo and it is important to know when to exchange the black squared B - and I have l played some interesting and dynamic sacrifices in this opening. I won the final game of a tournament and took first using the Nimzo.

It is also necessary to understand how to play in "blocked positions" e.g in the Saemisch var.

Nov-22-08
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  Richard Taylor: The Nimzo is very deceptive!
Nov-22-08
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  Wolfgang01: An amazing "acsersize"!!
Nov-22-08   D4n: This is one of the sharpest attacks I've seen...
Nov-22-08
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  kevin86: White's pawn structure was as uneven as 2 miles of west Texas road-lol
Nov-22-08   Autoreparaturwerkbau: I find some other kibitzer's puns also very amusing: - sharp tact <acs>
- and my <acs>
- An amazing <acs>ersize

:)

Especially if you know Peter Acs 's surname is spelled as <Ách> (<ch> as in mu<ch>). <Ács> means carpenter on Hungarian.

Oh, btw: would anyone care to explain a pun? I see a distinct possibility someone who has never even heard of Hungarian language could read it as <axe>, since <sharp axe> would have some meaning then. Is that it?

Anyway... "sharp ach" :)) I have to spread that one out.

Nov-22-08   Autoreparaturwerkbau: <kevin86> Indeed! He should take a lesson or two by black's pawns. :)
Nov-22-08   KKDEREK: 7 .Ne2?
Nov-22-08   Cactus: "A Tough Ac to Follow" perhaps?
Nov-22-08
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  playground player: Loek before you loeap!
Nov-22-08   AxelBoldt: ChessMaster9001, after 16. Bg6! Crafty wants to play 16...c6! 17. e4 cxd5 18. e5 fxg6 19. exd6 Rxd6 with strong advantage for Black. But I agree, this still offers the best practical chances for White.
Nov-22-08   pbernh: Are there good options for white instead of 10. h3 or 12 gxf3 that would avoid a disaster?
Nov-22-08
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  Knight13: Something to do with 7. Ne2 being a sucky move?
Nov-22-08   DoubleCheck: 19. Qd2 Bh3+
20. Ke2 Qxf2+
21. Kd1 Qxf3+
22. Qe2 Qxd5
Unclear...
Only a guess..

Can someone post a sharper continuation

Nov-22-08   Nullifidian: <DoubleCheck> After 19. Qd2, Black has mate in 2 with 19. Bxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Qxf2# or 20 Re2 and now Black has the option of mating on the same square or h1. That's why 16. ... Bf5+ is the critical move.
Nov-29-08   psmith: with regard to the suggestion of 16. Bg6 above, 16... Rxg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Nf4 g5 19. Ng2 Qxf2 20. Rg1 Qg3 21. Nf4 Qh4 22. Ng2 Qh6 seems to do the trick.
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